Sportscaster Rie Oh held a press conference on Tuesday to announce that her marriage to psychiatrist Masaki Honda has been postponed indefinitely. They had planned to register their marriage and hold a ceremony next month, but Oh now says that the couple wants to make sure of their decision.

A weekly magazine recently reported on a scandal between Honda and one of his patients. Oh admitted that when she read about it, she felt like postponing the marriage, but she said that it was not the main reason for the delay. Rather, she said that the cause was an accumulation of minor things.

Oh emphasized that she and Honda are still engaged.

Tatsuya Fujiwara is starring in a hardboiled action film titled "Chameleon." The story involves a group of young swindlers who witness a kidnapping. As a mysterious organization begins killing them off, one of them decides to take revenge into his own hands.

The original script was written about 30 years ago, with the lead role meant to be played by the late actor Yusaku Matsuda. It was written by Shoichi Maruyama, who wrote several of Matsuda's films, and was to be produced by Mitsuru Kurosawa, who also often worked with Matsuda.

The movie was never made, but Kurosawa decided to revive it with director Junji Sakamoto at the helm and Fujiwara as the star. In addition, the screenplay was adapted to a more modern setting.

Filming started last month and just wrapped up. No CG was used for the action scenes.

The supporting cast includes Shun Shioya, Kei Tani, Masato Hagiwara, Kosuke Toyohara, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Haruko Kato, and Ittoku Kishibe. Release is scheduled for next summer. Distributor Toei is reportedly looking to turn the film into a series.

Soul singer Toshinobu Kubota and singer MISIA are teaming up to release a single together next year. It will be a love song, tentatively titled "FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY."

Kubota has done collaborations with many artists overseas, and is well known for his duet with Naomi Campbell, "La La La Love Song," which was used as the theme for the hit drama series "Long Vacation." His first collaboration with a Japanese artist happened this past summer when he released a song with KREVA.

"FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY" is scheduled to go on sale in the spring.

According to FRIDAY, 21-year-old talento Suzanne and 31-year-old actor Koji Yamamoto may be romantically involved. In late November, Suzanne was seen entering Yamamoto's apartment past 11:00pm and did not leave until around 5:30am.

Suzanne's agency explained that the two met through the show "Quiz! Hexagon II," but that they are only friends. Suzanne, known for her "baka" character, says that she was just having a study session with the actor.

The wife of comedian Hidehiko Masuda gave birth to the couple's second child, a girl, on December 19. Masuda is one half of the duo Masuda Okada.

NHK revealed its list of guest judges for this year's Kohaku Uta Gassen. Among the ten names are celebrity couple Norika Fujiwara and Tomonori Jinnai, along with actresses Aoi Miyazaki and Yui Aragaki.

The rest of the guest judges are golfers Isao Aoki and Momoko Ueda, baseball star Hideki Okajima, kabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura XVIII, neuroscientist Kenichiro Mogi, and Showa Women's University president Mariko Bando.

Actress Yuka Itaya is currently four months pregnant with her first child, her agency announced on Tuesday. Her due date is in early June.

Itaya and stylist Hirohiko Furuta got married in February. As a Tuesday newscaster on NTV's "NEWS ZERO," Itaya mentioned the good news on the air. She will take maternity leave in the spring, and plans to return to work after the child is born.